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Pirate Piece of the Day

L'Aguila

L'Aguila (Spain)
 

Piece Ratings: 3.45

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.


Date Reviewed - 12.01.08

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: L'Aguila (Spain)
Card: SM #SS-007 (Uncommon)
Points: 12
Masts: 4
Cargo: 5
Moves: L
Guns : 3S,2L,2L,3S
Hit %: 233 (S), 133 (L)
Ability: When touching a Pirate ship, this ship may load as much of that ship's treasure as she can carry.

Pirate-Robbers Week starts off with a fine Spanish ship from the very first Pirates release. "The Eagle" seemingly has it all.

Seriously, who wouldn't want five cargo and four fighting cannons for only 12 points? Even if you give her a combat crew of Captain and Helmsman, she still has plenty of room for stolen Pirate gold, or wild-island gold, or anything she can steal by boarding from anybody.
Her only drawback is her speed, which the Helmsman can set right.
There's also the problem that her ability won't see much use, since an enemy with any brains at all will keep a his gold ships far away from this four-masted fighter, with a fighter of his own between them. This problem affects all the ships we're looking at this week.

That's a minor detail for a good ship like this, though. L'Aguila can fight, board, and/or run gold at will, for a very fair price. Her marks are mostly above-average.

Goldship rating: 3.0 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 4.0 / 5
Boarding rating: 3.1 / 5
Value for points: 3.4 / 5
Draco Starcloud L'Aguila

We've got a week of stealing gold from Pirates this week. It's an old ability that's been around since the first set, as the first ship this week shows. The L'Aguila is a Spanish four-master from the original Spanish Main set.

Cargo Space: 5 space is a lot of room for cargo and very good for a ship that specializes in stealing gold from Pirates. It has room enough for a crew or two and still get a decent supply of gold.

Masts: L'Aguila has four masts with a good, but unusual, assortment of
weapons: two 3S and two 2L. In later sets, the L-range guns on ships like this are higher-ranked than the S-range guns. Four masts is a good size for countering enemy boarding attempts should they not like you stealing their gold.

Base Move: A single L isn't very fast considering you need speed to catch enemy gold ships.

Point Value: For 12 points you get a decent fighter that's supposed to chase down Pirates for their gold. It's a good value, but it'd be better if she had better speed.

I give the L'Aguila a 3.5/5.

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